A not insignificant congregation at St. Mary’s, Norwalk, CT, experienced the transcendent beauty of the Tenebrae service (Holy Thursday Matins and Lauds) this evening.The service lasted some 2 1/2 hours.
31 Mar
2010
A not insignificant congregation at St. Mary’s, Norwalk, CT, experienced the transcendent beauty of the Tenebrae service (Holy Thursday Matins and Lauds) this evening.The service lasted some 2 1/2 hours.
29 Mar
2010
A modern German Tenebrae Hearse. Photo:Bautsch Office of Tenebrae to be sung at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, this Wednesday, March 31 at 8pm, preceded by Mass according to the Extraordinary Form, 7 pm. Tenebrae, the Office of Darkness, is the early morning offices of Matins and Lauds anticipated the evening before during the Sacred Triduum. […]
28 Mar
2010
St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk, CT, began Holy Week by celebrating Palm Sunday in the beautifully restored surroundings of the restored sanctuary. In addition, a new pulpit, baptistery and confessional have been installed. The ensemble was designed by Duncan Stroik and makes use of furnishings acquired from many other churches. The work on this Phase I […]
27 Mar
2010
Several Bloggers have summarized Thursday’s splendid liturgy at Holy Innocents parish in Manhattan and have provided additional information: here and here. The celebrant was Fr. James Miara (who had been ordained by Cardinal Egan). The deacon was Fr. Michael Barrone and the subdeacon Fr. Richard Trezza OFM. Let me add my own reactions to the […]
27 Mar
2010
Preparations were underway today for tomorrow’s Solemn Mass for Palm Sunday in the newly restored sanctuary of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk. The upper church has been closed for several months as a beautiful marble altar rail has been installed, as well as a marble pulpit and a marble mosaic floor. Masses will be celebrated for […]
25 Mar
2010
A solemn mass was celebrated this Thursday at Holy Innocents parish for the Feast of the Annunciation sponsored by the Agnus Dei council of the Knights of Columbus. The church was full -even the galleries were used – with some of the congregation arriving in buses. Cardinal Egan attended and preached. David Hughes led the […]
22 Mar
2010
We received the following press release today:New York’s /Agnus Dei/ Council of the Knightsof Columbus announced today that Edward Cardinal Egan would attend andpreach the homily at a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation butthat he would not celebrate a Pontifical Mass as planned. The Mass willmark the 15th anniversary of /Evangelium Vitae/ […]
21 Mar
2010
A triumphant El Cid in the courtyard of the Hispanic Society Museum at West 155th Street. Last Saturday, in almost perfect weather, saw the launch of the first “pilgrimage of New York.” It took the form of a 13.6 mile hike from one end of Manhattan to the other; from the shrine of Mother Cabrini […]
21 Mar
2010
Palm Sunday, March 28 St Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass begins with outdoor procession into newly restored church, 9:30 am. St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT, 2 pm. St. Margaret, Waterbury, CT, 10:15 AM. St. Mary, New Britain, CT, 4:00 PM. Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, CT, 6:00 PM St. Bridget of Kildare, Moodus, CT, 12:00 […]
21 Mar
2010
For the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, will celebrate a Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal to mark the 15th anniversary of Evangelium Vitae (“The Gospel of Life”), the pro-life encyclical by Pope John Paul II. Issued on March 25, 1995, the encyclical condemns murder, […]